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25 Nano Umgebungslicht by Ray Teng Pai and TUT Team

25 Nano Umgebungslicht by Ray Teng Pai and TUT Team is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in Silber in Beleuchtungsdesign Competition Category.


SilberBeleuchtung· 2020

25 Nano Umgebungslicht

by Ray Teng Pai and TUT Team

Client: Tainan University of Technology/ Product Design Department

A' Design Award in Silber Winner in Beleuchtung Category

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The Design

About 25 Nano Umgebungslicht

25 Nano ist ein künstlerisches Lichtinstrument zur Darstellung von Vergänglichkeit und Beständigkeit, Geburt und Tod. In Zusammenarbeit mit Spring Pool Glass Industrial Co., LTD, dessen Vision darin besteht, einen systematischen Glasrecyclingkreislauf für eine nachhaltige Zukunft aufzubauen, wählte 25 Nano die relativ zerbrechliche Blase als Medium im Gegensatz zu festem Glas, um die Idee zu verkörpern. Im Instrument schimmert Licht durch die Lebenszyklen der Blase und projiziert regenbogenähnliche Farben und Schatten auf die Umgebung, wodurch eine verträumte Atmosphäre um den Benutzer entsteht.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Silber

25 Nano Umgebungslicht ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Silber, einer enorm prestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für erstklassige, großartige und beeindruckende Spitzendesigns. Silber-Gewinner sind ungemein brillante und äußerst kreative Werke, die die herausragende Expertise, das Talent und den Scharfsinn ihrer Designer veranschaulichen. Von 25 Nano Umgebungslicht wird erwartet, dass es ein wunderbares Vorzeigewerk ist, das bemerkenswert professionell und zutiefst innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Silber prämierte Design ist eine höchst bemerkenswerte, bewunderte Erfindung, die den Grenzen von Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie zugutekommt und sie voranbringt. 25 Nano Umgebungslicht ist eine vielbeneidete Schöpfung, die Wünsche weckt, positive Gefühle vermittelt und Staunen und Verwunderung entfacht.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
25 Nano is an artistic light instrument to represent ephemeral and permanence, birth and death. Working with Spring Pool Glass Industrial CO., LTD, whose vision is building a systematic glass recycle loop for a sustainable future, 25 Nano chose the relatively fragile bubble as a medium in contrast with solid glass to embody the idea. In the instrument, light shimmers through life cycles of the bubble, projecting rainbow-like color and shadows to the environment, creating a dreamy atmosphere around the user.
Dimensions & Packaging
Ø255*216mm
Tags
sustainable, bubble , glass , aluminum , light
Production Technology
Blown glass made from recyclable glass sand by Spring Pool Glass Industrial CO., LTD.
Recycled aluminum.
CNC machining.
Design Challenge
Putting light and a pump motor into one compact body. Studying the right portion of soup solution, the right timing and quantity to make bubbles for the optimized effect. Because of the innovative integration, design team made several prototype models to achieve the final result. In order to mass manufacture the design, there are a lot back and forth communication between design team and the glass company to make the blown glass mold.
Research
Using Design Sketch, Trial and Error Method to approach the initial idea, including the aid of the Computer Drawings and 3D printing prototypes. Communication with vendors and manufacturers back and forth to refine the design. Testing glass blown technique restrictions with or with out the mold, we finalize the design with mold for medium to mass production to ensure the cost and the production quality.
Inspiration
When the growing bubble hits the critical point of 25 nanometers film thickness, it breaks. 25 Nano compares the recycling and the reproduction of glass poetically with the constant recycling and rebirth of bubbles. The work uses several contrasts, such as light and shadow, solid and fragile, temporary and permanent, to express the relativity of things; the end is the beginning of new opportunity.
Project Duration
The project initiated in June 2019, and exhibited in March 2020 in Tainan. Design development duration for 10 month.
Operation Flow
Touch the metal sensor on top of the glass shade to turn on the light. The bubble starts to grow in rhythm, and the refractions of light change accordingly.
Team Members
CHEN,CHING-HVA
LU,CHENG- YAN
CAI,ZHI-JIE
CHEN,YU- RONG
PAI, RAY-TENG

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